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Closure of UNPOS

The United Nations Political Office for Somalia (UNPOS) completed its Security Council mandate on 3 June 2013.  The United Nations continues to provide support to the Somalia Federal Government's peace and reconciliation efforts through the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM), established by Security Council resolution 2101 (2013).

For more information, click here to visit UNSOM's website.

News

12 December 2006
Islamists warn that Ethiopian troops said to be protecting the TFG in Baidoa and elsewhere must leave Somalia within seven days or face war.
18 Jan 2010
19 December 2006
Hostilities following expiration of the deadline.
18 Jan 2010
24 December 2006

Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi says he is waging war against the Islamists to protect his country's sovereignty. It is Ethiopia's first public admission of military involvement in Somalia.

18 Jan 2010
25 December 2006
Ethiopian jets strike the Islamist-controlled Somali airports of Baledogle, Somalia's biggest military airfield, and Mogadishu.
18 Jan 2010
28 December 2006
Forces of the ICU distribute weapons and flee Mogadishu ahead of a joint Ethiopian and Somali government force, which capture the capital.
18 Jan 2010
31 December 2006
Somali Prime Minister Gedi enters Mogadishu.
18 Jan 2010
01 January 2007
UIC abandon defences at Kismayu in the face of heavy artillery fire.
18 Jan 2010
05 January 2007

Ethiopia's Prime Minister says his country will pull its troops out of Somalia within two weeks.

18 Jan 2010
08 January 2007
President Abdullahi Yusuf arrives in Mogadishu for the first time.
18 Jan 2010
08 January 2007
Washington-based media report that US gunships struck at al-Qaida members said to be hiding with remnants of the UIC in southern Somalia near the Kenyan border.
18 Jan 2010

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